Letter: Minimum wage of $15 would cause problems

Governor's proposal would have damaging ripple effect.

Editor:

A minimum wage of $15 an hour does not fix problems, it creates them. When all employers must raise minimum wage to that rate, those earning $15 now will demand $25 an hour. Prices for everything will rise accordingly. The people crippled by such a moronic move would be retirees and those receiving welfare, because they will receive no such increases. Small businesses that cannot afford such increases will go out of business and make those demanding such an increase unemployed.